Picked up beige Mac G3

[Chuck Guzis]

On 12/11/2017 03:35 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:


> Going from memory you need to press ‘C’ to boot from CD and you might also need to replace the PRAM battery.
> 

I'll second the bit about the PRAM battery.   I've got one of these
beige G3 boxes and can affirm that a failing PRAM battery can create all
sorts of strange havoc, including not powering on at all.

Note that said battery is 3.6V, so a CR2032 won't do it.

--Chuck